Win: Dan Kline (10-3) Loss: Fred Leach (15-8)
Save: Chuck Hartranft (36)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Chico Brown pitching. Jack Stanley lines out to the first baseman. Fred Blackwell doubles to center field. Jay Gill flies out to the left fielder. Cody Bellinger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Fred Leach pitching. Pat Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Gomez grounds out to the catcher. Les Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Yoshiro Kitano flies out to the left fielder. Deacon Bentley grounds out to the shortstop. Vance Spencer hits a home run. Hiroki Eto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Dick Harrell reached on a 2-base throwing error by Deacon Bentley. Len Perlozzo singles to right field. Dick Harrell scores. Grady Reynolds grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Joe Anderson reached on a fielding error by Jay Gill. Joe Anderson steals second. Ken Owens grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Fred Leach grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Stanley doubles to left field. Fred Blackwell grounds out to the shortstop. Jay Gill grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Chico Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Smith walks. Pat Smith steals second. Hiroki Eto throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Chris Gomez flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Pat Smith scores. Les Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Cody Bellinger grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshiro Kitano flies out to the right fielder. Deacon Bentley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Dick Harrell flies out to the right fielder. Len Perlozzo flies out to the center fielder. Grady Reynolds strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Vance Spencer singles to right field. Hiroki Eto singles to right field. Vance Spencer advances to third on the hit. Fred Leach strikes out. Jack Stanley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vance Spencer scores. Hiroki Eto advances to second on the play. Fred Blackwell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Joe Anderson grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Owens walks. Chico Brown lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Ken Owens forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Pat Smith walks. Chris Gomez singles to center field. Les Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jay Gill grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Cody Bellinger singles to center field. Cody Bellinger is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Yoshiro Kitano singles to right field. Deacon Bentley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Dick Harrell lines out to the shortstop. Len Perlozzo strikes out. Grady Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Vance Spencer strikes out. Hiroki Eto grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Leach singles to center field. Jack Stanley lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Joe Anderson pops out to the first baseman. Ken Owens grounds out to the pitcher. Chico Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Fred Blackwell walks. Jay Gill walks. Dan Kline comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Cody Bellinger strikes out. Yoshiro Kitano grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Blackwell advances to third on the play. Jay Gill advances to second on the play. Deacon Bentley walks. Vance Spencer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Texas Pat Smith singles to right field. Chris Gomez singles to right field. Pat Smith advances to third on the hit. Les Derrick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Les Davis flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Dick Harrell reached on a fielding error by Deacon Bentley. Pat Smith scores. Len Perlozzo strikes out. Grady Reynolds grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Chuck Hartranft comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Hiroki Eto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Phil Lea is pinch hitting for Les Derrick. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Phil Lea walks. Carlos Guerrero is pinch running for Phil Lea on 1st base. Jack Stanley strikes out. Fred Blackwell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9 Texas total runners left on base: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mark Lundgren improves in control Sammy Perticia improves in arm Sammy Perticia improves in power_vs_righty Jay Umbach improves in arm
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: March Taylor did not respond to coaching in velocity Bert Walker did not respond to coaching in control March Taylor did not respond to coaching in control Roy Brown improves in power_vs_lefty Jeffrey Norwood improves in 1B